This politician was a leading figure in the first filibuster of a Supreme Court justice when he help
This politician was a leading figure in the first filibuster of a Supreme Court justice when he helped to thwart President Lyndon Johnson's efforts to have Abe Fortas elevated to Chief Justice. After his death, it was discovered that he had fathered a child with a black maid by the name of Carrie Butler. His loss to Olin Johnston would be the only statewide election he would ever lose. When elected to the Senate in 1954, he became the only man to ever do so as a write-in candidate. Famous for conducting the longest filibuster ever by a lone Senator is, for 10 points, what former South Carolina Senator who served until he was 100 years old?
This politician was a leading figure in the first filibuster of a Supreme Court justice when he helped to thwart President Lyndon Johnson's efforts to have Abe Fortas elevated to Chief Justice.
James Strom {Thurmond}